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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1976
NEW SHOPS FOR SAM SHING HUI BUSINESSMEN
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CONTRACTORS ARE BUSY PUTTING UP ON A RESITE AREA 130 SHOPS AND WORKSHOPS FOR THE PRESENT OWNERS OF BUSINESS PREMISES IN SAM SHING HUI WHICH ARE DUE TO BE CLEARED IN A FEW MONTHS TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UNDER AN AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TUEN MUN, THE BUSINESS OPERATORS ARE TO MOVE TO THE RESITE AREA BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL. ADVANCE PAYMENTS OF COMPENSATION TO HELP COVER EXPENSES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
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ALSO AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE SAM SHING HUI SHOPKEEPERS WHOSE BUSINESSES CATER LARGELY FOR THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY, WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN A RESTRICTED TENDER FOR THE COMMERCIAL SITES, WHICH TOGETHER WITH HOUSING BLOCKS AND PART OF THE TUEN MUN-TSUEN WAN HIGHWAY, WILL BE ON THE LAND THEY ARE NOW LEAVING.
AS IT MAY BE SOME YEARS BEFORE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TUEN MUN, MR. TONY BENNETT, HAS URGED THAT THE RESITE AREA SHOPS BE CONSTRUCTED OF SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL. SOME HAVE TAKEN HIS ADVICE AND ARE BUILDING
WITH BRICK- OTHERS ARE USING WOOD AND TINSHEET. A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 13-1/2 FEET HAS BEEN WAIVED SO THAT THE SHOPOWNERS MAY BUILD
A COCKLOFT OVER THEIR PREMISES IN WHICH TO LIVE, A NEW HEIGHT LIMIT OF 16 FEET HAS BEEN SET.
MR. BENNETT SAID: +A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION HAS GROWN UP BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SAM SHING HUI SHOPKEEPERS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL IN THE WAY OF PRACTICAL PROPOSALS AND THIS HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES.+
COMPENSATION FOR THE SHOPKEEPERS IS BASED ON THE AREA AT PRESENT OCCUPIED AND VARIES FROM $6,000 TO A MAXIMUM OF $20,000. ADVANCE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE BALANCE WILL BE PAID AFTER THE RESTRICTED TENDER HAS BEEN HELD.
MR. BENNETT SAID THE SHOPS ON THE RESITE AREA ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE SIDES OF A ROAD WHICH WILL VERY LIKELY BE NAMED SAM SHING HUI STREET. AN OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY WILL PROBABLY BE HELD WHEN ALL THE NEW SHOPS ARE READY TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS.